Silver: Hey!!! Look at this! The third chapter and it's hecka long compared to the last one I do believe. I have added so much detail and it'll probably get even more detail if ever I go through revision again, lol!

Todd: Obviously she's excited about this so please give a big round of applause to Silver. Disclaimer: Silver doesn't own YYH.

Silver:sniff: Thanks Todd! T.T Here's a few cookies. Enjoy. (R/R)


Chapter 3

Lunch

When the boy finished Rain packed up her stuff and slung the bag over her shoulder. She quirked her head towards the office and the boy got up to follow her. Rain wondered how this kid knew how to wrap bandages so well… he didn't look like someone who'd know how…

It took about three minutes to get to the office and Rain waved at the door to show the boy that was where he was to go through. "I'll wait out here for you." She didn't know why she offered but he grinned and walked through the door. She shook her head because she remembered that he hadn't even told her his name yet… or for that matter how old he was. He was probably a senior and seeing as she was only a sophomore she might be made the laughing stock for the popular crowd at the school…

She felt like she had a thundercloud hanging over her head as the red haired boy came out of the main office. He smiled brightly at her and they started to walk away from the building. "Er, what class is your homeroom?" she asked fearing the answer.

"Mm… Mr. Yuke - Homeroom…?" he answered. Rain almost jumped for joy and grinning explained she had that same class as well. "Oh! I haven't asked… what's your name?" the boy asked. Rain blushed and grinned. Why hadn't she thought of that?

"Tsun, Rain," she said kindly.

"Minamino, Shuichi," he answered back. He was really attractive…

They finally reached the room and walked into the class. "Kunichiwa, Ms. Tsun. It's quite nice of you to join us for the last 15 minutes of class," drawled Mr. Yuke. His sarcasm was all that Rain had anticipated it to be. She returned the greeting and plopped into her chair. "And who are you, young man?" he questioned turning his attention to Suichi.

After they exchanged greetings, Mr. Yuke issued Suichi a math book and told him to take a seat by anyone in the class. Suichi sat down in the vacant spot by Rain which made her grin and Mr. Yuke frown disapprovingly clearly believing that she would poison a prospectively clever student…

He shook his head and resumed his place at the white board continuing his lecture on imaginary numbers. Rain rolled her eyes at the stupidity of figuring out "imaginary" numbers and began copying down the notes she'd missed with Suichi scratching his paper just as feverishly as she…

After a few hours, it was finally lunch time and Suichi followed Rain out of the confining class room and into the near-summer air. She sighed heavily but happily stretching her arms above her head. "So, Suichi… do you live near the school?"

"The walk there would probably take about twenty min-" he began but Rain cut him off with a "pft!" sound. He cocked an eyebrow at her and waited for her to speak.

"Come on, you can come to my house. It's only 5 minutes from here, a lot more convenient might I add when you have off-campus lunch," Rain offered looking back at him for he had stopped when she interrupted him. "Oh sorry for interrupting! It's just…" she started stuttering and a faint flush crawled up her cheeks.

He just shook his head, smiling at her and came to her side. Placing a hand on her shoulder he turned her to the gate that lead out of the school. "I accept… both the apology and the invitation." He smiled warmly at her which made Rain blush even more. No guy had ever been so nice to her and she liked the thought of having a friend… everyone always seemed too busy to have a friend like her, for Rain was laid-back and didn't like a jam-packed schedule.

They started walking, Suichi a half step behind to allow Rain a bit of room to lead by, and Rain relaxed. So far, she only knew the new boy's name so she decided to use some "break-the-ice" questions that she knew were frequently used at parties.

"Where'd you move from, Suichi?" Rain asked politely.

"Well, actually a suburb of Tokyo but it was still pretty big compared to this town." Suichi sobered a little and Rain felt this was the wrong way for their conversation to go seeing as these first questions were the key to their hour of enjoying each other's company.

"Is something wrong? I don't want to make you uncomfortable, Suichi," she said trying to recover any ground she'd made during the day. It looked like Suichi came fresh out of a memoir of his and smiled apologetically at Rain.

"Sorry, I was thinking about something a friend said to me before I left. And I am quite comfortable, thank you, Rain," he said kindly. She sighed mentally and was happy she hadn't asked a painful question.

"So, you're a city boy… do you know if you'll be able to see your old friends often?" Better to keep it going as long as possible.

"Actually, we've already agreed to meet tomorrow. Seeing as it's Saturday and a three day weekend, we've also planned on them staying up for the whole weekend… would you like to meet them?" he asked her. Rain laughed at his brazenness.

"How about we wait and see how lunch goes, eh?" she giggled at him. His cheeks burned and he nodded, chagrined. "I know. How about you telling me what your friends are like? I'd like to know what or who I was up against if ever the scenario permits." The color faded and he looked a little more confident.

"Well, the ones I am seeing this weekend are all male and are as different as a box of crayons." Rain laughed at his analogy. "Anyways," he continued after she controlled her outburst, "there is Yusuke Urameshi. He's kind of what you might think of as a leader amongst us. He's extremely bold and somewhat cocky. Then, Kazuma Kuwabara. He's as smart as a dog who has eaten one too many rocks and chased a few parked cars but he's loyal to his friends. I'll also warn you that the two of them together are a little hard to handle but you get used to them after a while." The two finally arrived at the Tsun residence and, after unlocking the door with her spare key, Rain let the two of them in.

The washing machine could be heard running and one could smell bread being baked. It was definitely home and Rain loved all the scents that played with her nose. "Mom! Dad! I'm home for lunch and I brought a new friend of mine!" called Rain throughout the house. Her mother came out of the door way leading to the kitchen wearing a light blue apron over her yellow blouse and black pants. She wiped her hands off on the apron leaving fresh traces of flour on it.

"Mom, this is Minamino, Suichi and he's a new student at the school. Suichi this is my mother, Maria," Rain introduced as Suichi shook hands with her mother.

"It's nice to meet you, Suichi. You're the only friend of Rain's she has ever brought home therefore you're the only friend I know for a surety she has," Maria jested as she poked Rain gently in the stomach making her daughter twitch from ticklishness.

"The pleasure is all mine, Mrs. Tsun," Suichi replied smiling.

"Is Dad home?" Rain asked Maria. Before her mother could answer, her father came out of the study that was down the hall. "Daddy, this is Minamino, Suichi. Suichi this is my dad, Henry."

"Nice to meet you, son," Henry said shaking Suichi's hand firmly. The two of them stood there for a while with clasped hands as if something beyond words were passing between them. Rain just shook it off as a "male" thing and walked with her mother into the kitchen.

"Sweetie, he seems really nice. And he isn't too bad looking either," Maria said, casting Rain a sidelong glance. Rain blushed and shushed her mother but smiled knowingly all the same.